The Carnegie Pulseabout the carnegie pulse | advertise | contact | subscriptions | join 
newsart & cultureopinionseventscourse schedule

My schedule
Most popular
View departments
View locations
View times

Find course by title:




 

15-398 Special Topic: Introduction to Nanotechnology


Units:9.0
Department:Computer Science
Related URLs:http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu

Nanotechnology has been heralded as the next "big" thing. Many believe that it will change the very fabric of society; that it will have a larger impact than computers. But what is it? The National Nanotechnology Initiative defines nanotechnology as "the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create large structures with fundamentally new properties and functions". This course will cover the basics of nanotechnology with a special focus on electronic nanotechnology. The aim of the course is to provide students with a working knowledge of the basics of nanotechnology. Because nanotechnology is still a new field and since it is inherently interdisciplinary we will develop methods for understanding how different areas of science and engineering interact at the nanoscale. While the course will focus on the impact of nanotechnology on computer science, it will also broadly review the current state of the art. The course will be structured around the discussion of textbook material supplemented with current research articles. In addition there will be several small projects and one large class-wide project aimed at clearly defining the research space of nanotechnology and its impact on society.

  Popularity index
Rank for this semester:#0
Rank in this department:#0

  Students also scheduled
21-301 Combinatorics
15-410 Operating System Design and Impleme...
36-217 Probability Theory and Random Proce...
15-415 Database Applications
15-490 Special Topic: Computational Neuros...
79-206 Development of American Culture
18-322 Analysis and Design of Digital Circ...
18-447 Introduction to Computer Architectu...
57-101 Introduction to Music Technology
57-338 Sound Editing and Mastering

  Spring 2005 times


No sections available for semester Spring 2005.



talkback to the pulse
No comments about this course have been posted, yet. Be the first to post!
Share your opinion on this course with other Pulse readers. Login below or register to begin posting.

Email address:
Password:







  (c) Copyright 2004 The Carnegie Pulse, Carnegie Mellon's first exclusively online student-run news source. campus mirror | RSS